#idk. call me crazy. he's got a sport he invented in the Olympics and you don't though
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George Nissen maybe didn't deserve that though
no idea where i was going with this but i abandoned it at the most disconcerting moment possible
#I know his daughter and several people who were his colleagues/associates back in the day#the man basically singlehandedly invented both the trampoline and the sport of trampoline gymnastics from the ground up#(the idea of flexible netting was taken from trapeze safety nets but the frame and springs that makes it rebound was all him)#and the trampoline and loose foam pit basically completely revolutionized the sport of gymnastics#the world would not have gymnasts doing what Simone Biles and Jade Carey and Kenzo Shirai and so on do without Nissen's work and influence#and like... let me be clear#Nissen equipment is HIGH quality#(not just the trampolines; his company also made all of the regular artistic equipment)#and decades after it ceased operation many clubs out there are STILL using their Nissen equipment because it LASTS AND LASTS AND LASTS#and if you've been on a Nissen trampoline you know... there have been imitators there have been duplicators but there is only ONE originator#it really was a case where there's a marked difference between the trademarked Genuine Article and the shoddy knockoffs#and the trademark has a role in consumer protection knowing that you're actually getting what you think you're buying#idk. call me crazy. he's got a sport he invented in the Olympics and you don't though#RIP
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